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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

Giving the Solid South to the
Democrats next year (Which they
are likely to take by force and
fraud anyway they will have GER
tain sixteen States with / 50 electo-
aal votes. The Republicans will
have certain eighteen States with
1872 electoral votes The doubtful
States will be four in number,
with electoral votes as follows
Connecticut, q; Indiana, Is; New
Jersey, 8; New York, 36 ;-mak
ing SO in all. Out of this number
the Republicans must get 10 votes
to give them pol, which are re
quired to elect a President.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

On the 18th day Of July, 1887,
the Congress of the United States
organized its first territory and
named it "The Territory North
west of the Ohio River" Mr..
VIM. M. Moss has published
little book, "The Story of a Hun
dred Years." tracing the territori-
al growth Of this country from that
date o tho present time. The do
main of the United States at that
time embraced all the territory
east of tho Mississippi river cx-
cept Florida, and S2O,6S0 square
miles in extent. In 1903 the Uni
ted States government by the pay
ment of S15, 100000. secured from
France her province of Louisiana.
This province included what is
now Louisiana. Arkansas. Miss
ouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota,
the larger part of Montana, the
larger part Of Wyoming, part of
Colorado, Nebraska and the In
dian Territory, and was $1,000
square miles in extent, or more
than 100000 square miles larger
than the original domain of the
country. In the year 1920, the
government paid $4,000, 600 to
SPAN for the Florldas, taking IN a
territory 59,720 square miles IN
extent, In 1916 the territory of
Oregon was added, taking in 900,
425 square miles. In 1913 the
government paid $15, 900, 900 for
what is now the state of Califor-
MIA, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas and the Western
part of Colorado. In 1853 an ad-
ditional strip OF land was purchased
for $40, 100000, these two purcha-
ses adding territority of 934, 26O
square miles 10 the United States.
In 1857 Alaska was purchased from
Russia for the sum OF S7,25O, 900,
adding 577, 800 square miles more
In hundred years the territory OF
the United States has been increas-
ed by purchase and annexation by
2, 752, ,723 square miles at a cost,
not counting the expense of war,
of $52,2OO.OOO.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

The term of Office OF Lionel A.
Sheldon, ex-governor of New Mex
leo, as receiver of the Texas Pacific
road. having been brought to a
close by the sale of the same, he
will soon return to Socorro to re-
side permanently. He will then
enter upon the practice of his pro.
tession, the law.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

George w, Julian wants to be
appointed Commissioner of the
General Land Office. so as to re-
form the public land system. 1t
is unfortunate ter Mr.. Julian's am
bition, but it appears that about
all the abuses and frauds in the
public land system occurred while
he was member of Congress and
Chairman of the Committee on
Public Lands. Mr. Julian is not
the man for the place.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
San Angelo, Texas.
Nov. II, '87.

ED. LEADER =
Will you give this item of infor-
nation place in your papers
The American portion of the M.
E. Chuoch, South, formerly occu-
pied by the Mexican Border Con
ference, has been transferred to
the West Texas Conference, and
attached to the San Angelo Dis
trict, of which the undersigned is
Presiding Elder, The appoint
ments are as follows:
White Oaks -Mission-L. O..
Watkins, Preacher in charge.
Bonilo Supplied by b. d. Scog-
gins.
Penasco Xission-Supplied by
j. E. Gage.
Roswell Mission-Supp]ied by
w. +. Gibbons.
Yours respectfully,
A. J. POTTER, Pres. Elder.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

President Cable, of the Rock
Island railroad, spent several days
in Trinidad last week. He prac
tically admitted that the Rock Is
land would build to Santa Fe
through Taos valley. Senator
Dorsey had a conference with him
about the White Oaks-El Paso
branch.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
ABOLISIIING WAR.

Inc VlSlt OF prominent Engllsn'
men, some of them members of
Parliament, to this country on a
semi-otlicial mission of internation-
al peace and good will. is worthy
of more public attenti IN than
seems to have been awakened by
their arrival on our shores. They
represent yery respectable or
ganization that has for it's object
the establishment of the princi-
plies af submitting all international
controversies to arbitration for set
tlement-in other words, to abolish
war by adjusting all grave disputes
between nations by rational argu-
ment rather than by barbarous
blood letting.
1t would seem that, with the
diffusion of the spirit of Christi
anity and the progress of enlight-
ened reason among civilized ma
tions, the disposition to resort to
warlike means, with their terrible
accompaniments. should long since
have fallen into disfavor, and been
succeeded by disposition to adopt
pacific agencies tor the settlement
Of international differences. The
very spirit and tendency of modern
civilization is in the direction of
the peaceful arts, to which the art
of war is in diroct antagonism, and
such an effort as that now making
by the British Peace Commission
ers to substitute arbitration in the
place of bloodshed for the adjust
ment of quarrels between govern
ments should be applauded and
encouraged by the people and the
rulers OF this and all other coun
tries claiming to be within the
pale of Christian civilization.
The President of the United
States Erecently gave these visiting
Commissioners a patient and con-
siderate hearing and spoke a few
encouraging words, but, of course,
with his limited official powers, he
could give no positive assurances
one way or the other; but his
words were spoken in the right
spirit.
The sophistic theory of the di
vine economy, that, but for war,
pestilence and other lite-destroying
visitations, the population of the
earth would increase too rapidly,
and ultimately become disastrousll
overcrowded, may be true, tol
ought we know but, with the
light given us by the history OF
mankind and of nations and by
our general knowledge and obser
vation, we cannot repress the be
lief that both war and pestilence
are terrible evils, which, by the
application OF reason and science
are preventable ; this seems es
pecially true as regards war, which
viewed in any light or from an
standpoint OF reasonable observa
ton, is the most revolving OF al
the relics OF barbarism that hay,
been transmitted to us from antiq
ulty. If all Christian nation
should agree together to abolisl
war by the substitution of argu
ment and arbitration, and that
resort to the blood letting extrem
ity would be justifable only ate
all patient augmentation and a.
possible pacific means and e
forts tor the adjusting Of dispute
should fail, a long step would b
taken tor universal humanity an
progress.
President Cable, Of the Roc
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
e The Fool Hath Said in his Heart
There is no God.

The writer is not what might be
denomlnated protesting Chris
tan. He is not creed server.
But he does believe in a Divine
Power, in an overruling Provi-
dence, and he moreover believes
that no nation on earth can move
with symetrical and harmonious
step in the pathway OF science and
progress unless the people OF such
nation recognize Supreme Being.
Not one OF the tried and con-
v;cted Anarchists of Chicago were
believers in God, in a future state,
in their accountability for deeds
done in the body. They recOg-
nized no law, human or divine,
nor in the atonement for violation
of laws which are made for the
protection of society. Hence, it
goes without the saying that such
men are menace to society, incu-
buses on the skirts of government.
The Sabbath Day, held in more
or less reverence by the American
people, were by them employed
IN holding meetings, and delivering
speeches weighted with infamma-
tory appeals to the hearers most
brutal natures-advocating the
use of torch and bomb in the des-
truCtion OF property and lite.
Most of the speakers and a large
majority of the hearers were of
foreign birth, some or them re-
cent importations, unable to speak
or understand the English Ian
gragc. They were not, and are not
vcrsed in the laws they detied' but
simply strove to override all law,
and turn the asylum they sought
into a chaotic realm, transmOgri-
fying man into beast, and scatter
ing to the four winds OF heaven
every element of beauty which has
been built upon our social system,
the work of centuries.
We do not claim the git of
craftsmanship, TO even suggest
the manner OF striking down this
terrible social scourge, but it does
not require one to be a seer to
prognosticate that the power OF
our government will soon be called
upon to throttle the communistic
monster, and il necessary to feed
to the fishes Of the sea, every God
despising, social law defying, Par
sons, (and Mrs. P.,) Lingg, Most,
type, who abuses their refuge here
by making incendiary speeches
and employing sacred days III the
prosecuting of their hellish work.
Unless speedy action is taken, the
maddening stream of foreign scour-
ings will surge to the base of oul
pol tical and legal moorings, and
Liberty will be swept away as with
bosom of destruction, when
" chaos will come again"
We trust some wise action will
be taken IN Congress this winter,
looking to the protection OF oul
people against the hell-hounds who
threaten cur peace, security anC
Nationa hope. Better far to le
the Chinese walls crumble and al
the Celestial Empire file in upoT
us than to permic the hordes o
Bohemians, Poles, Hungarians anC
what not to run riot with torcl
and bomb.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
LETTER FROM ELDER MONK
Murpheysville, Texas.
Nov. II, 1887.

DEAR MAJOR:
| take the present opportunity
of redeeming my promise to you.
Our Conference is oyer. All
the American work in Lincoln Co.
has been transferred to the West
Texas Conference. l send you a
list of the appointments. [ was
transferred back to West Texas
Conference, and appointed to
Pacos Mission.
Please send me your paper for
12 months, as l will like to know
what is going on in and around
White Oaks. Send to Midland
p. o., Texas. Hope you will
have peace and plenty.
Yours fraternally,
VIM. Monk.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26
Leesville Circuit-B. ii. Pass
more.
Yorktown Circuit-N. W. Keith

Yorktown Circuit-N. W. Keith
SAN ANGELO DISTRICT.
A. j. Potter--P. +.
San Angelo-A. E. Rector.
Junction City Mission~J. M.
Bourland.
Kerville Mission-J. A. King.
Menard Mission-F. A. Knox.
Penasco Mission-To be supplied,
j. E. Gage.
White Oaks Mission-L. G.
Watkins.
Bonito Mission-To be supplied
by B. D. Scoggins.
Pecos Mission-To be supplied
by VIM. Monk.
Roswell Mission-To be sup
Piled by W. f. Gibbons.
Bandera Circuit. r. Barden.
Ingram Mission-W. q. Cooke.
CORPUS CHRISTI DISTRICT.
Alanson Brown--P. E.
Corpus Christi and Rockport--J
B. Denton.
Laredo-Sterling Fisher.
Golliad-F. S. Jackson e; r. T.
Barton, supernumerary.
Helena Circuit-To be supplied,
L. Gregory.
Rancho Clrcuit-C. H. Maloy.
Floresville Circuit. g. Rus
sell E. Y. Scale, supernumerary.
Lav%nia Clrcuit-C. E. Statham
Lagarto Circuit-W. l., Griffith.
Beeville Circuit-Jas. p. Rogers
San Diego Mission--W. 7. Har-
ris.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

CHICAGO had it's first suow storm
of the season on last Saturday.
Street cars were brought to a com
plete standstill.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

Oulo
VIM. Monk.
*x
SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT.
B. Harris, p. e.
San Antonio-E. B. Chappell,
Travis Park. City Mission to be
supplied.
Pleasanton-W E. Rector.
Devine-I Kingsbury.
Cotulla and Pearsall-J. A.
Wright.
Uvalde and Eagle Pass-L. D.
Shaw.
Del Rio and Brackett-kobert
Hodgson.
Sabinal Circuit-F. j. Perrin.
Boerae Mission-W, M. Shock
ley.
Carrlzo Springs Mission-To be
supplied.
Ell Paso-To be supplied.
Deming and Silver City. T..
II. Miller.
Fort Davis-To be supplied by
w. f. Thornbery.
SAN SABA DISTRICT.
M. A. Black, p. f.
San Saba-T. F. Dimmitt; j. S.
Vernon supernumerary.
Cherokee Circuit-To be sup
piled by G. fl. Smith.
Llano Circuit. AZ. Stevenson.
Mason Mission-I. X. Waller.
Round Mountain aud Rockdale
r.. M. Leaton.
Willow City Circuit. Nj. Shu.
ford.
Oxford Circuit. B. Cox.
Blanco Stations q. Shaw.
Blanco Circuit. D. Coggiu.
Pontotoc Circuit Geo. Ward.
Richland Mission-W. O. Shu
gart.
SAN MARCOS DISTRICT
Fl. &. Horton, Z. +.
San Marcos Station-W. Is. H.
Biggs.
San Marcus Circuit. II. Den
ton.
Seguin and Mill Creek--H. S
Thrall j. Dibrlll, supernumerary
Lockhart Circuit. T. Gillett
Luling and Prairie Lea. S
Gillett.
Gonzales Station-A. G. Riggs
Kyle Circuit-W. j. Joyce.
Harwood Circuit-A. F. Cox.
Dripping Springs Mission-T'
he supplied by j. A Garrison.
Belmont Circuit. W. Vest.
Lytton Springs Missions. A
! Dickinson.
Cottonwood Mission-R. G. A
len.
VIcloRIA DIsTRICT.
r. j. Deets, P. f.
Victoria Staiion-I. r. Morris
Cuero Station-C. j. OXley,
Edna Circuit T. Graham.
BoXvi!le Clrcuit-H. II. Hill.
ualletsville Nission-A. G.. Ne
Ian.
Moulton Circuit-Geo. Hinsor
Dewitt Circuit-Carper Viii
, Wy II IT,1lo,o.I eun,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

The CHICAGO WEEKLY News. and
LINCOLN TO. LEADER, l year 81. IS.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-26

Subscribe for the LEADER.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

"rve seen nuther sigh, too" snitiiel the
old man, taking fresh chew of tobacco
Have yOu noticed the amount OF waddin' the
slnrrers are putin inter their nests this
yeari That's sure indication that IT'S gon'
to Ike II cold spring The las; time | seen the
sparrers luggiu' beiqUiIss and oIu munrrss
20 their nests there were only three seasons in
the wear. It was winter until July. then
there were three months of spring, and then
il was winter again. All the garden truck
that was planted didn't come up until the fol
lerin' wear, when the fruit trees bore two
crops"
That was some time ago, wasn't itF asked
the driver. with wise look.
Yes several years ago-nigh onto forty,
reckon" replied the old man.
-Tten there's been more winters than sum-
mers in this country, eh:'
-So'p: bout fourteen wears after that no
ticed that the sparrers built two nests instead
of one. These nests were Joined together by
little avenoos Of dried grass The she spar
rers would hatch a brood IN one nest, and
then walk through the avenoo to the other
nest and GO ter hatchin' again, while the he
bird would tend ter the youngsters in the first
nest. The season WAS 80 long that the spar
rers hatched from May TO May, and that's the
reason why we've got 50 many sparrers ter
day
Then there was no winter that year.
whispered the driver.
Not a fake replied the old man "Peo-
pie died of summer complaint all that year"
Chicago Herald
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

A few summers ago ono newspaper an
nounced that Mrs Burnett very sensibly re-
Trained from trammeling her beautiful boys
with any unnecessary clothing, and among
the neighbors they were known as the young
Arabs" spent some moments i'll absorbed
reflection upon this paragraph. Ny beautiful
boys and ! have but one slight difference Of
opinion. My mild arguments have SO far
usually been refuted by more irresistible
ones Their theory-possibly founded on
their perfect artistic training and studiOus
daily contemplation Of the antique marbles
is that all clothing is unnecessary, and that
therefore the sooner it is left in fragment
futtering on the perfumed zephyrs of spring
upon fences, trees, nails, spikes, etc.-the
sooner it Is lost in the shape of hats, worn
into dilap:dated isnominy, in the form Of
shoes, rant and shOrn Of buttons i'll any ruise
whatever. the better for all art in its highest
and most noble ideals.
Tie Apollo Eelvidere, they doubtless argue,
is not burned with the buttons. Why. then,
should they follow the dictates Of a deter!o-
rated and vitiatei modern taste. In these
respects their tendencies are classic in the eX-
trelne, Jut somev hat perverted from any
original design. but l object to their being
handicapped in their childhood by stupid.
vulgar, uufounied stories, and / advance,
with due modeSty, the statement thst nv
taste for the picturesque has not Vet led NE
10 transform two healthy, manly, robust boys
into affected, abnormal, seif-cOuscious little
mountehanks -Frances Hodgson Burnett IN
Detroit Free Press
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

We dislike 10 discuss family matters in our
columns. as everybody knows, but the story
Jetf. Tarleton is telling around town about
our difficulty last Tuesday night is "a lie such
as nobody bat "A dirty coyote would be guilty
Of. We have heard of him and his gassing at
Dan Mc'ieehan's saloon. The facts are that
we told this red headed slouch to stop keeping
company with our daughter. When We re-
turned home last Tuesday night about II
o'clock We found him just leaving our front
porch, There were words, and we admit
that We called him greasy tramp When
he made pass for Us We grabbed him by
the whiskeis, and when he broke loose We
kicked him in the small Of the back, and our
only regret now is that We did not break his
backbone. The lie that he tells is that We
drew gun, which he snatched and then ran
us in the house. Nobody saw the fracas and
Of course he can lie, but Josiah Hapgood
across the way heard the salute that We gave
him as be clawed the gravel down the street.
Don't come our way again, Jefferson.-Kick.
apoo Oak Sentinel
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02
He Got an Idea

10, l say, Athuh."
YES, CIawrence"
Il have been wedding the newspapah and
I've got an idea
Well, tweat it very carefully, dsah bo,
Ne"spapah ideas ars very likely to b wes'
vulgah sometimes"
Il know it. Athuh, but you can twust M
Now. what wanted to awsk you was this:
Are you weaSonably certain that there i
weally such a thing as suing anybody fob
contempt Of court"
why, Of course. My papa is judge and
I've heahd him tell about it a gweac many
times"
We'll. I've gweat mind to twy it on An
gelina SmitherSon fob the way she tweats me
when 60 pay my wespects to her."-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

cnange ana rrst ny WIN instead OF lose. 10
my surprise he agreed to that, too. Well, 20
make long story short, the flies swarmed all
over his lump for ten straight times, hut nary
one came to see me. When he put the last
stakes In his pocket was the widest man in
Colorado. knew Id been robbed, but didn't
see how it was done. Finally called the
stranger aside and -aii:
Ny friend, don't suppose that I'm impu-
dent or lnqulSitive, but | have a curiosity to
know how Nou wound mo up. IL you will
put me on, Ill promise not to work the game
III your territory and buy It bottle of wiue
He laughed and sand. Well. don't mind
telling You that put a drop of stuff on my
lump that will make fly hunt the next
county mighty quick
II guessed that much. but how about tho
last time "" plaNri'"
oh, supposed you'd want to switch, 50
just changed lumls with you. "-Ei Paso
Letter in New York sun
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02
Aliens Little Joke.

Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, who has made
soms reputation as a was in the HOUSE OF
Representatives, is n sallow, swarthy young
fellow, who once whipped the yellow fever
after a desperate struggle. He tells q good
one OH himself in this wise: During his
first campaign for Congress he VS. opposed
by Republican named Green Chandler, who
was trying to rally the negrr vote solidly
against Allen. At one of Chandler's meet
ings Allen appeared unexpectedly and made
ringing reply to the Republican candidate.
An old negro who was at the meeting went
home and was asked by his employer how be
liked MI Chambers speech. He said: Boss,
Col Chandler made a mighty good speech.
but when he got through a little old yaller
nigger named John Allen got up an jes toe
him all to pieces-he toe him all to pieces
Use for Allen. Atlanta Constitution.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

A California man was so completely De
side himself on his wedding day that he
forgot the name of the woman he was
about TO marry and had TO go to her house
three times to ask il before he could re-
member it long enough to get license.
A New York maiden became a wife, and
in the course of few weeks ordered u
new bonnet She did not receive il and
sent her husband to ask about it THE
lady has given us no order ~ He told his
bride and she went TO see about it. NO
bonnet for Mrs. So-and-so at alls' II
took n full half hour TO discover that the
poor child had quite forgotten that she
was married and had given her maiden
name New York Graphic.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02

A habeas corpus case was brought before
Judge Dicken for trial last Tuesday for the
Possession Of colored baby. There was all
able array Of counsel for both claimants
Both sides proved so much that Judge Dicken
was in doubt about who really was the right
owner OF the child. Bethinking himself of a
Bible precedent, the judge proceeded 10 grasp
the baby by the leg. reached down into his
Girile md pulled out his bowie and proposed
to do the square thing by the claimants by
slicinS the baby in two Both claimants,
thinking the judge had the right to divide the
baby, rushed franticallv up to him, saying:
Boss. don't XII him. You may have him !"
Henry County GA Weekly.